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Wendy's: Support a Fair Deal for Farm Workers ACTION
Business  (tags: farm workers, health, family, nutrition, prevention, farmers markets, food, business, ethics )

Nancy
- 3 days ago - action.sumofus.org
Most of the largest fast food chains, including McDonald's, Subway, Burger King, and Taco Bell have all signed on to the CIW's Fair Food Program. They have agreed to pay an extra penny per pound of tomatoes to raise wages and only buy from fields where...
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Supplements Powered By the Sun
Business  (tags: health, supplements, family, prevention, Andrew Lessman, ProCap Labs, solar power, treatment, environment, business, consumers )

Nancy
- 14 days ago - procapslabs.com
If you take supplements and prefer to support environmentally conscious businesses, have a look. I've been utilizing these superior products for years. Best deals are through HSN shopping network.
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Efforts to Deliver "Kill Shot" to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC
Business  (tags: children, babies, family, ethics, health, humans, illness, protection, risks, safety, women, society, prevention, investments, labor, law, consumers )

JL
- 40 days ago - prwatch.org
In a victory for working families, New York is poised to become the largest U.S. city to require businesses offer paid sick days to workers
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How Dangerous Is the Lead in Bullets?
Business  (tags: health, disease, ethics, research, protection, prevention, safety, risks, science, society, treatment, warning, investigation, humans, lies, marketing, consumers, labor )

JL
- 45 days ago - motherjones.com
It's all in the lead. A recent report from the National Academy of Sciences found that OSHA lead exposure standards are too lax to protect military firing range employees.
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Whole Foods Makes Stunning Announcement About GMOs
Business  (tags: Whole Foods, gmo's, SustainableDevelopment, sustainabledevelopment, health, prevention, diet, corporate, money )

Nancy
- 65 days ago - foodrevolution.org
Whole Foods Market, the grocery story chain, has made the stunning announcement that labeling of genetically engineered foods will be required on all products sold in the company's 339 stores within five years.
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Tell Congress to Dump the Monsanto Rider! ACTION US
Business  (tags: health, food, family, environment, Monsanto, ecosystems, wildlife, business, corruption )

Nancy
- 66 days ago - salsa3.salsalabs.com
Though wrapped in a "farmer-friendly" package, this Monsanto-driven rider is simply a biotech industry ploy to continue to plant GE crops even when a court of law has found they were approved illegally.
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Comcast: Stop Blocking Sick Days! ACTION
Business  (tags: Comcast, Philadelphia, labor, sick days, corporate, prevention, health, family, ethics, money )

Nancy
- 72 days ago - action.sumofus.org
Comcast is opposing sick days because it has its headquarters in Philadelphia and employs thousands of workers in the city. But Comcast is depending on killing this bill quietly, without consumers noticing.
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Why Workers Should Be Wary About Corporate Wellness
Business  (tags: health, healthcare, diet, ethics, exercise, disease, prevention, nutrition, medicine, society, warning, risks, protection, abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, humans, labor, society, money, marketing, lies, us )

JL
- 79 days ago - healthcare-now.org
A growing number of US companies are now urging their employees to slim down, exercise more, reduce their cholesterol & blood pressure levels, or quit smoking--all socially desirable goals.But if these workers fail to cooperate with the new corporate "w
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Health Care Spending: A 21st Century Gold Rush
Business  (tags: healthcare, health, government, protection, risks, society, warning, ethics, abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, finance, investments, investors, law, lies, marketing, money, society, investing, usa )

JL
- 79 days ago - healthcare-now.org
Winston Churchill once remarked, "Americans will always do the right thing, once they've exhausted all alternatives."His observation, at least the second half of it, is proving itself as we continue to struggle with our health care system, especially its
11 comments
Video: Brazil Lab Aims to Eradicate Leprosy
Business  (tags: disease, ethics, health, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, safety, science, society, treatment, business, GoodNews, society, world )

JL
- 82 days ago - aljazeera.com
OrangeLife medical laboratory in Rio de Janeiro is pioneering a new test to help early disease detection.
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Action Needed on Two Year Anniversary of Delayed Worker Safety Rule
Business  (tags: environment, disease, ethics, health, government, illness, protection, prevention, risks, safety, warning, society, research, study, treatment, labor, corruption, business, corporate, dishonesty, abuse, americans, money, marketing, law, usa )

JL
- 86 days ago - citizenvox.org
Two years ago today, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) submitted a proposal to update the standard that protects workers from exposure to crystalline silica dust.
6 comments
Tell Hershey's to Kiss Monsanto Goodbye! ACTION
Business  (tags: monsanto, hershey's, gmo, chocolate, health, business, corporate, consumers, money )

Nancy
- 91 days ago - action.fooddemocracynow.org
If you're uncertain why Hershey's chose to climb into bed with Monsanto to defeat GMO labeling, consider the fact that Hershey's Kisses are chock full of GMOs! As are the rest of their chocolates sold in America.
50 comments
Food, Drink Industries Undermine Health Policy, Study Finds
Business  (tags: food, health, government, research, safety, science, society, study, warning, nutrition, protection, humans, abuse, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, law, society, marketing, money, lies, politics, usa, world, ethics, cover-up, ameri )

JL
- 92 days ago - organicconsumers.org
Multinational food, drink and alcohol companies are using strategies similar to those employed by the tobacco industry to undermine public health policies, health experts said on Tuesday.
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Milwaukee Installer Reflects on His Career In Solar February 5, 2013 - 1:45pm
Business  (tags: americans, children, culture, education, environment, ethics, family, women, fashion, freedoms, GoodNews, health, interesting, society, transportation, usa, world, business, consumers, economy, energy, Entrepreneurs, government, greenbuilding, finance, in )

Ruth
- 93 days ago - energy.gov
"...Milwaukee's solar program -- has worked to change that. The city is intensifying efforts to demystify the solar installation process for local residents and helping connect them to certified installers...." Please check this. Is Your City Willing?
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